Differences In The Gettysburg Address

The United States has always been a united country in spite of its disparate cultures and religions. Throughout history, the American people have shown again and again that they can put aside their differences because of mutual goals. Therefore, sharing these goals often unite individuals in American society.
The Americans usually coalesce when faced against a common foe. In the “Gettysburg Address,” Abraham Lincoln encourages the living “be here dedicated to the great task remaining before [them]” so that the perished would not have died pointlessly (Beers 28). The president wants the people of his nation to combine their efforts and end the Civil War. To the Unions, the Confederates are the enemies who took their beloved ones’
Eboo Patel, the blogger of “Making the Future Better, Together,” acknowledges how “[America] could well have been a house divided, but today we stand as one - and that has everything to do with how the previous generation, led by Abraham Lincoln, acted” (Beers 6). Under Lincoln’s lead, the Unions - both Americans and African Americans - fought and won the Civil War. There had been disputes and unjust discriminations against the blacks being in the Union, but in the end, the blacks and the whites defeated the Confederates - together. Furthermore, in the speech, “Remaining Awake Through A Great Revolution,” Martin Luther King Jr. uses “George Washington as a symbol of democracy [even though] King’s great-great grandparents could well have been owned by General Washington” (Beers 5). By using George Washington as a symbol of democracy, King shows that he has accepted this controversy, and with it, paves the journey for African Americans’ rights. Hence, his tolerance becomes an example that proves this nation could remain integrated despite its disparities. In conclusion, the American people’s desire to resolve the faults in their country motivates them to overlook the flaws in one